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Baltimore County, Maryland

Former Baltimore County teacher gets prison time for sex offenses involving former student

Former Baltimore County teacher gets prison time for sex offenses involving former student

A former Baltimore County teacher who admitted committing sex offenses involving a teenager she had met as a student was sentenced to three years in prison Friday — substantially more than prosecutors recommended after the victim ultimately declined to testify against her. Sydnie Haywood, 34, a former Spanish teacher at Woodlawn

Man Gets Life Without Parole for Killing Grandmother, Granddaughter in Middle River Home

Man Gets Life Without Parole for Killing Grandmother, Granddaughter in Middle River Home

MIDDLE RIVER — Senseless. Brutal. Unprovoked. Those were the words used repeatedly Friday to describe the murders of a 75-year-old widowed grandmother and her adult granddaughter, who were beaten and stabbed after Bryan Cherry broke into their Middle River home in 2024. Cherry, 38, was sentenced in Baltimore County

Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Incapacitated Woman Sentenced to 8 Years

Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Incapacitated Woman Sentenced to 8 Years

A Baltimore County judge sentenced a 33-year-old man to eight years in prison this week for sexually assaulting a woman who was so impaired that she was barely conscious or able to walk. Jamar Beckford was convicted in May of one count of third-degree sex offense, two

Man Who Fatally Shot Hookah Lounge Gunman Gets Five Years on Gun Charge

WOODLAWN — A 23-year-old man who fatally shot another man during a shooting at a Woodlawn hookah lounge last year pleaded guilty to a gun charge this week and was sentenced to five years in prison after investigators determined he had fired in defense of a companion. The shooting

Towson Student Gets 18 Months Home Detention for Fatal Red-Light Crash That Killed Man, Dog

A Towson University student who struck and killed a 32-year-old man and his dog after running a red light near campus has been sentenced to 18 months of home detention and ordered to perform community service warning other students about the dangers of distracted driving. Jordan Sachs was

Judge Paves Way for Towson Man’s Release Less Than Two Months After 5-Year Sentence

Judge Paves Way for Towson Man’s Release Less Than Two Months After 5-Year Sentence

Less than two months after a Towson man was sentenced to five years in prison for assault and a sex offense, a Baltimore County judge has agreed to modify his sentence, paving the way for his release despite strenuous opposition from prosecutors. Samuel Logue, 28, originally was charged with first-

‘Accountability Has Finally Caught Up With You’: Parkville Man Sentenced to Two Life Terms in Serial Rape Case

‘Accountability Has Finally Caught Up With You’: Parkville Man Sentenced to Two Life Terms in Serial Rape Case

James Shipe Sr, the bearded elderly man at the defendant’s table, showed little reaction Monday when a Baltimore County jury found him guilty of breaking into the apartments of two young women in the Cockeysville area and raping them in the 1980s. But the women, both now in their